Chad Holbrook (born January 14, 1971) is an American baseball coach, who is the current head baseball coach of the

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. Prior to becoming head coach for the Cougars, Holbrook was head coach at the University of South Carolina, and an assistant for both the University of North Carolina and the University of South Carolina.

Playing career

Holbrook attended the

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in Chapel Hill from 1990 to 1993, receiving second-team All-ACC honors as a senior. He graduated in 1994 with a degree in physical education. In 1992, he played

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for the

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of the

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Coaching career

North Carolina

At the conclusion of his playing career, Holbrook served as an undergraduate assistant coach for the 1994 season before being promoted to Assistant Coach in 1995 and Associate head coach in 2007. In 1997, he managed the

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, a

team in the prestigious

. In his 15 seasons on the Tar Heel coaching staff, North Carolina made 11 NCAA tournament appearances and three

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appearances.

South Carolina

After the 2008 season, Holbrook left North Carolina to become the associate head coach at South Carolina. In Holbrook's time as associate head coach, South Carolina won back-to-back national championships in 2010 and 2011 and finished as the national runner-up in 2012. In 2011,

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named Holbrook the 10th best recruiter in all of college athletics. After the 2011 season, Holbrook was named Assistant Coach of the Year by 2011 Assistant Coach of the Year by the ABCA and ''

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''. Holbrook became head coach after

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became the athletic director at South Carolina following the 2012 season. In his first season as head coach, Holbrook and the Gamecocks finished with a 43–20 overall record and finished second in the SEC Eastern division with a 17–12 record in conference play. The Gamecocks hosted and won the Columbia Regional. However, the team lost two out of three games to the

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in the NCAA Super Regionals.

College of Charleston

On July 20, 2017, it was announced that Holbrook was hired as the head coach at the College of Charleston.

Personal

Holbrook's father, Eddie Holbrook, was the head basketball coach at

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and

Furman University Furman University is a private university in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1826 and named after Baptist pastor Richard Furman, the Liberal arts college, liberal arts university is the oldest private institution of higher l ...

. Holbrook and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons, Reece and Cooper. Holbrook's oldest son, Reece, recently committed to The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill baseball team.

Head coaching record

References

External links

South Carolina profile
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